ISBN: 143910784X 9781439107843

Category: Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / Asian American & Pacific Islander

Page count: 160

Dear Jamshed, <br> America is not so different from what we thought. I told you I wouldn't see a single cowboy riding across the plain, and I haven't. <br> I have not even seen a plain. <br> Still, there are some silver linings. They are: <br> <ol> <li> Trapper and King, the cat and dog who live in the apartment building. They are cuddly and waggy. I am not allowed to play with them, though, becayse they are supposed to catch mice and keep burglars away.<br> <li> Ironman. He owns a pig and talks to me a lot. But he is a grown-up.<br> <li> Kids. I can hear them playing outside. Too bad they do not want to play with me. </ol> <br> I wish you were here.<br> Do you wish I was in India?<br> Write back soon. <br> Your friend,<br> Lowji